Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-18
MINOR NOTES.

Inc MpOlN bliInuuN luuu lOl lHe religious
schools at Mortified had reached so, 600
up to the beginning of this week
President Cleveland has been asked to act
as arbitrator in the case of the disputed
boundary line between Nicaragua and Costa
Rica, and will accept the trust.
The sale of Gen. Logan's book has in
creased fifty per cent since his death, but it
is not thought that Mrs. Logan will realize
very much from it. 1t was published at an
unfortunate time, and had to compete with
Gen. Grants book and Blaine's second vol
ume.
Rev Sam Jones and Rev. Sam Small fin
ished their revival work in Boston last Sun
day. Two immense audiences attended the
closing services at Mechanics Building. In
the evening about Il, 900 people gained ad-
mission and thousands more were turned
away.
The pastors Of all the Roman Catholic
churches in the diocese of Wilmington, Del
during high mass Sunday morning, read the
pronunciamento of Bishop Curtis forbidding
balls given for the purpose of raising money
for religious uses or the holding of picnics
fairs, excursions or entertainments of any
kind for the benefit of any religious or char
table object without the approval or con
sent Of the bishop
Black pages in full livery are now all the
rage in Washington Clothed in gay colors
the little negroes are to be seen everywhere
about the city, following their mistresses on
shopping tours or calling excursions, and
otherwise presenting a marked figure in so
cal life
A suit against Gen. Butler for 500, 600
is in progress in New York The complain
ant is one James II. Lester, who claims the
amount named as damages for false impris-
onment in Fort Monroe during the war.
Col Meigs, the elevated railroad man,
hopes to begin work on a road in Boston by
/ the middle of March, and says that in "a year
Boston will have an elevated railway in full
operation between Bowdoin square and
Cambridge.
Hon Smith NJ. Weed of New York, one
of the Presidents intimate friends who ha.
just returned from visit to Washington
tells a reporter that he does not believe Mr.
Cleveland will be candidate for President
in 1888. Mr. Weed is confident that he
will write letter declining the honor.
The British government is prosecuting
one Anderson, who is in Jail in London OF
a charge of swindling Charles Deakin OF
Susquehanna, Pa, out of S20, 600 for alleg
ed expenses in prosecuting claim to al
English estate which had no existence
American heirs to great estates in Eng
land should make note of this.
Munkacsy's great picture, Christ befor,
PLATE, has been purchased by John Wana
maker, the Philadelphia millionaire, fol
Sll5,OOO-the largest sum ever paid in thi
country for a single picture
Peace is once more restored in Father
McGlynn's church in New York. A prizes
more acceptable to the flock than McGlynn'
immediate successor has been appointed
and the people have resigned themselves t,
the authority of the bishop The presen
sensation is over, but Father McGlym viii
be heard from again, if he lives
Capt. Greeley of Arctic exploration fam
has been appointed chief signal oticerC'Ol,
Probs. y in place of the late Gen. w. B. Ha
zen.
The fund for Mrs. Logan now amounts t,
$4,000 Capt. Lemon says the balance re
naming to Mrs. Logan after the incum
brances have been lifted from her Chicago
and Washington property will be abou
S3I 600. Her friends in Congress do no
yet despair of securing favorable action il
the House on the Senate bill granting her
pension of $4,000.
1t is expected that the entire three pc
cent government loan, of which there i
now about SAG, 800, 600 outstanding, will b.
extinguished before July /,